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Q: In 10 years, will it be possible to find work in China if you don't speak Chinese?
Will it be like if any foreigner today were to arrive in the US to find a job not speaking a word of English?
12 years 12 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - China
People will still be able to find work. Many foreigners don't really come here to teach that's why there is a shortage of foreign teachers here and that's why they are always looking for new teachers. Picking up the basic language can be easy it shouldn't take that long to learn unless your a slow learner.
Actually, this shows how little you know about life in the United States, which is a nation of immigrants. There are many, many people who don't speak English, and they get jobs all the time. They come from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Africa. You think that everyone who gets off a plane or boat in America knows the language?
They find jobs in the thousands of ethnic communities you will encounter in every city across America. With just a small amount of language skills, they are able to get jobs in the service and retail industries. Those who go on to aquire a conversational knowledge of the language are able to work in low and mid management positions, and those who master English move on to professional (academic, medical, and scientific) and governmental positions.
And guess what, they are not condescended for merely being foreign! What a novel concept.
So, essentially, your question is built on a faulty assumption, and thinly disguised nationalism. In ten years, things in China will be the same.
MrTibbles:
There is an English language fluency test given by immigration. You need to have a basic working knowledge of the language to get anything more than a tourist visa.
giadrosich:
Yep, but there are many ways to get around that. I've worked with dozens of people who had a mono syllabic vocabulary. I've also known many personally who did NOT know the language and worked in retail (big box stores) and owned their own business. Just like China, there is a big separation between theory and reality.
Look at the sub question: "Will it be like if any foreigner today were to arrive in the US to find a job not speaking a word of English?" That is patently false. So his assumption (in comparison to the sub-question, which qualifies the original question) that it will be like this in China is negated, because it is not like this in the U.S. today.
